Job posting - Political Action Campaign Coordinator

POLITICAL ACTION CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR

Temporary Position 

The Political Coordinator’s job responsibilities include:

  • Working in conjunction with the Director, Region 2 National Vice-Presidents, and Locals to engage and empower our members and locals to protect public services, public health care, and public education and to fight back against the privatization of public services, public education, and public healthcare.
  • Research, develop, and distribute materials on issues affecting COPE members. Including leaflets, flyers, telephone scripts, press releases, newsletter articles, and social media posts. Develop and conduct training and information sessions (virtual and in person) for COPE members across the province to educate and activate rank-and-file members in all COPE Ontario Locals in the political process.
  • Assisting Locals with their campaigns, where needed. Work with local leaders, stewards, committees, etc. on member engagement; provide materials and training, where appropriate to members and leaders, stewards, committees, etc. on engaging members and others on the importance of quality public services and the risk of privatization, etc. This would take on many formats.  Additionally, they would provide skills in lobbying for local leaders, stewards, committees, and members.

Required Skills and Abilities:

  • Work well in a team environment, be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to handle and prioritize a range of tasks and manage time effectively. Be flexible and able to adapt as needed.
  • Excellent communication skills, initiative, and good political judgment.
  • Ability to research, write and design materials and deliver workshops to members of COPE Ontario.
  • Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Suite; Zoom, and social media. Proficiency in design programs is an asset.
  • Strong understanding and commitment to union principles and advancing the interest of COPE members and the labour movement.
  • Strong understanding of the political landscape in Ontario; in particular public services, public healthcare, and public education and the Ford government’s attacks on these core matters affecting COPE members and the labour movement.

COPE Ontario is a diverse, progressive membership-driven collective of Union locals that protects members' rights and empowers them to unite for better workplaces and communities.

Salary: The salary for this position is $1,600.00 per week and the conditions of employment are in accordance with the collective agreement between COPE Ontario and the IAMAW, Local 1922, District 78.

Interested applicants should e-mail their resumes no later than March 10, 2023, to [email protected].

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Diversity is a core value at COPE Ontario and our COPE Locals. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all our staff, members and applicants. We believe every member enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.

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Statement on COPE National convention in Winnipeg

 

A number of COPE/SEPB locals in Ontario have called on COPE National to postpone its convention scheduled for this week in Winnipeg. 

The province has declared a state of emergency because of wildfires, and First Nations leaders have called on conferences to be cancelled so that hotel rooms can be provided to the thousands of evacuees, some of whom have been sleeping on cots. 

COPE locals supporting the statement urge the national union to act in a spirit of reconciliation and answer the call of First Nations leadership. 

 

Solidarity_Statement_2025_06_03.pdf

Solidarity_Statement_FR_2025_06_03.pdf

Pride 25 — now more than ever

With equity, diversity and inclusion under attack south of the border and elsewhere, Pride Month 2025 is even more timely and important.

Pride Month speaks not only to freedom for 2SLGBTQ+ communities, but for the right of every person to live their lives fully and authentically, in safety and without fear.

There are events across the province this month and into September. The biggie, as usual, will be Toronto Pride Weekend from June 26 to 29, centred in the Church-Wellesley Village.

Here, thanks to the Ontario Federation of Labour, is a list of events taking place across the province. Chances are, there’s an event taking place near you. See you there!

https://ofl.ca/event/2025-pride-event-schedule/

New report shows increasing workplace violence in schools

Research by University of Ottawa researchers should be a wakeup call for the Ontario government.

Punching, biting, kicking and throwing things at educational assistants and teachers are increasing at alarming rates.

A key factor is lack of funding that leads to overcrowded classrooms, fewer educational assistants and unequal access to assessments for students.

“These are exactly the conditions that exacerbate workplace violence,” says Dr. Chris Bruckert, Chair of the Department of Criminology, who launched the Violence and Harassment Against Educators Project in 2018.

Evacuating the classroom has become almost a daily occurrence for many education workers. Nearly half the 6,000 support staff and teachers who were interviewed also reported harassment from parents.

This epidemic of violence is bad not only for workers but for students. How long will the Ford government continue to live in denial and financially starve our Ontario education system?

https://www.uottawa.ca/about-us/news-all/distressing-levels-workplace-violence-ontario-schools

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